I STRESS THIS IS RUMOUR ONLY

Originally from: mona parr
                        
I have heard this morning that an abattoir in Carlisle is closed due to suspected FMD
I sincerely hope this a false alarm.

Originally from: Will Matthews
                        
Hi Mona,

I understand this may just be a rumour – but do you have any details about this? Which abattoir perhaps?

You can email me ... if you want to keep this out of the forum – to prevent what is possibly just a rumour taking hold.

Best,

Will Matthews.
M.T.F. News
07879 673671

Originally from: coleen
                        
Large sigh of relief.

Coleen

Originally from: Will Matthews
                        
I have checked out the background to this and it has been established that the alert was caused by a sheep suffering from orf.

Thanks.

Originally from: mona parr
                        
Thanks everybody.
I did not know whether to post or not--but a lot of infection last time was moved because information was withheld/slow to surface.
Info came via a beater on the shoot this morning and the people mentioned had been responsible for spread of disease last time, if inadvertently. Breathe again!!
                        

Originally from: Peter Greenhill
                        
Yes we confirm this story is inaccurate and that Orf was detected. Mind you, during the FMD disaster of 2001, Defra would not have allowed a proper investigation and hundreds of healthy animals would have been butchered. Of such cases, the worst was the identification of FMD by a Spanish vet (already famous for her lack of English and the question about Herdwick sheep "what sort of goats are these?). Whilst driving past a farm she "saw a positive case of FMD".( from the car window??) All the sheep were subsequently butchered. The farmer mentioned that his cattle were "away" being farmed for more than a year by a friend working 12 miles away. He had not been near them. The ever-cautious Defra butchered all of these cattle and all of the host farmer`s stock as well. And the post-mortem result on the sheep...... yes, you`ve guessed it...........orf. ( oh sorry, final analysis was the after effects of eating nettles.

Why is it that Defra find they are mistrusted?

Peter